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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2022
Transportation Ip Holdings, Llc, Norwalk, CT (US);
Neil Xavier Blythe, Erie, PA (US);
Pradheepram Ottikkutti, Lawrence Park, PA (US);
Rogier Giepman, Garching, DE;
Michael Majewski, Erie, PA (US);
Kevin McElhaney, Edinboro, PA (US);
Najeeb Kuzhiyil, McKinney, TX (US);
Adam Edgar Klingbeil, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Adam C. Felton, Grove City, PA (US);
Christopher Joseph Homison, Erie, PA (US);
Transportation IP Holdings, LLC, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A method and a turbine-compressor assembly of a system having a turbine-compressor device fluidly coupled with a heat source, a compressor, and a turbine via plural valves. A power device may be coupled with the turbine-compressor device. A controller may control operation of the plural valves to control movement of fluids within the assembly to selectively switch between the turbine-compressor device operating in one of plural modes. In a turbine mode of operation, the turbine-compressor device may generate electrical power and direct the electrical power to the power device. In a compressor mode of operation, the turbine-compressor device may receive electrical power from the power device to consume the electrical power.